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The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast focusing on climate news in the region stretching from Eastern Europe, Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia. It aims to give a voice to the best experts and journalists, enabling them to make sense of a part of the world where environmental news is seriously underreported.
The podcast was launched in in October 2021, coinciding with COP26 in Glasgow. After a year-long hiatus, the podcast finally returns - just ahead of COP29 in Baku. Make sure to follow the show in you podcast app of choice!
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- Vanishing before our eyes: the race to save the Caspian Sea · 26 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 10The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth. It is also facing an escalating environmental crisis that has seen its water levels fall by 2.5 meters over the…
- Melting giants: the history of glaciology across Central Asia · 28 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 9Melting glaciers are often regarded as icons of climate change. But how were they viewed in the early days of glaciology and, more specifically, climate change research? When and…
- Breathless in Bishkek: the struggle for clean air in a city contested by geography, urban development and climate change · 31 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 8The Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek ranks among the largest cities in all of Central Asia. Located close to the country's border with Kazakhstan, it lies just off the northern fringe…
- Saving Balkhash: Kazakhstan's largest lake under threat from extractivism and climate change · 41 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 7Lake Balkhash is the 14th largest lake in the world and one of the largest in Asia. Its ecological importance is matched by the number of threats it has been facing for decades…
- From Central Asia to the Amazon: preparing for COP30 · 29 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 6Central Asia is among the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change. Already today, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are facing various…
- From coal to clean? Renewable energy pioneers in Central Asia · 44 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 5Central Asia is among the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change. And while some of the Central Asian countries are heavily reliant on fossil fuels, there is potential…
- Of trolleybuses and mountains: struggling for clean air in Kyrgyzstan and community empowerment in Tajikistan · 58 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 4Today, we are introducing you to two people at the forefront of activism and resistance to very concrete environmental issues in their home countries, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan…
- Critical Raw Materials in Central Asia · 1 h 0 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 3The green transition aims to overcome fossil dependencies. But what about the materials required for renewable energy? And why are the EU and others actors so interested in…
- After COP29: what's next for climate action? · 47 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 2The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) ended in late November in Baku. Two weeks of intense climate negotiations unveiled deep divides—particularly between the Global…
- From Central Asia to COP29 · 36 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 1This year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP29 in Baku) is just a few days away. Against armed conflicts around the world, geopolitical uncertainty and an accelerating climate…
- How one Bulgarian tycoon could get away with gaming the EU's carbon market · 29 minThis week, the Eurasian Climate Brief team heads to the Balkans, Bulgaria, to look into the cracks of the European Union's carbon market (a.k.a., EU ETS). In July 2021, an…
- Displaced: climate migration in Central Asia and beyond · 37 minClimate change affects almost all sectors of human societies and life. One underrated and underreported consequence of the climate crisis is taking so-called climate migration…
- After the ban: which way forward for Russia's climate activists? · 35 minSince Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian civil society has faced increasing repression at home. The environmental movement is no exception. While they kept communication…
- Not a breath of fresh air: Pollution in Serbia · 30 minAir pollution has blighted Serbia for years. This is due to the country’s heavy reliance on coal, which in 2021 powered around 70% of its electricity. Old diesel-powered vehicles…
- One year of full-scale war in Ukraine · 21 minIt’s been a year since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war has killed hundreds of thousands both sides included and displaced millions of Ukrainians, while…
- 2022's top Eurasian climate stories in review · 31 min · Säsong 1 Avsnitt 26The Eurasian Climate Brief team gets together to look back on the top climate stories that have taken place during 2022 across Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central…
- COP27 wrap-up & the power of Ukrainian climate activism · 33 min · Säsong 1 Avsnitt 25A little more than two weeks after the end of COP27, the Eurasian Climate Brief team takes stock on what the summit in Sharm El-Cheikh has achieved, and where it fell short: How…
- COP27: what's left of Russian climate action? · 43 min · Säsong 1 Avsnitt 24As COP27 draws to a close, we take another deep dive into the impacts of Russia’s war against Ukraine on the climate negotiations and climate action at large. What were Moscow's…
- Countdown to COP27: the Eurasian delegations · 26 min · Säsong 1 Avsnitt 23Just a year ago, in the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow, we published the first Eurasian Climate Brief episode. With this year's COP on the doorstep - this time in Sharm-el-Sheikh…
- The state of renewables in Albania (and beyond) · 27 min · Säsong 1 Avsnitt 22The six Western Balkan countries are struggling to embrace the EU’s plan on green energy. Albania produces almost all its electricity from hydropower plants, but at what cost to…
